Kentucky United We Learn Council focuses on ‘moonshot’ proposal during fall convening
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Kentucky United We Learn Council met for its regular fall convening on Nov. 2-3.
Students helping students: Carlisle PALs comes full circle
At the turn of the millennium, leaders at Carlisle County Schools worked to address specific issues impacting their district: low attendance numbers and dropout statistics among at-risk students. The Carlisle Preschool Assistants to Learning (PALs) program was born from this work.
A different way to get students to buy in
Fleming County's Amy Bolar said when you are trying to get student buy-in, it might be best to focus your efforts on a particular small set of students.
NEED’s youth awards program recognizes energy achievement
Schools are invited to participate in the Kentucky NEED (National Energy Education Development) Project’s Youth Awards Program for Energy Achievement, which encourages and rewards student leadership and innovation. Schools may submit digital portfolios of their energy activities. The top teachers and students will be recognized at the state and national levels and will be invited to attend the Kentucky NEED [...]
Submit proposal for Learning from Kentucky’s Classrooms Conference
The Kentucky Department of Education’s Division of Next Generation Professionals is accepting proposals for the 2017 Learning from Kentucky’s Classrooms Conference, which will be held Sept. 9 in Bowling Green. The conference will highlight the innovative work happening in classrooms across Kentucky, specifically work aligned to the Instructional Transformation grant, including: Effective implementation of English/language arts, math and science standards (including the Literacy Design Collaborative and Math Design Collaborative); Innovative [...]
Fayette teacher honored by Mental Floss magazine
Keith Lindsay, a 5th-grade social studies and language arts teacher at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts at Bluegrass (Fayette County), is among 10 Platypus Award winners honored by Mental Floss magazine.Photo submitted Keith Lindsay, a 5th-grade social studies and language arts teacher at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts at Bluegrass, is among [...]
Passion fuels learning in Innovation Lab
Students at Robert D. Campbell Junior High in Clark County spend nine weeks taking charge of their own learning.
Patent office holding summer teacher institute
The U.S. Patent and Trademark office will hold its National Summer Teacher Institute on Innovation, STEM and Intellectual Property July 17-22 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. The program for K-12 educators combines training tools, practices and project-based learning models to help l teachers incorporate the concepts of making, inventing and innovation into classroom instruction. The central focus [...]
Video contest offers chance to meet ex-NBA star
The Fund for Transforming Education in Kentucky invites teachers to share video examples of creative and innovative learning so it can recognize best practices and share the examples with others across the state and nation. The Fund will accept video submissions on an ongoing basis to build its bank of video examples in its Teacher Portal. To launch the search, [...]
Nominations open for Henry Ford awards
Nominations are open for The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation Teacher Innovator Awards, which recognize teachers who demonstrate an original and creative approach to teaching, exhibit resourcefulness, engage students and are making a positive impact on not only their classroom but also their community, colleagues, administrators, school, and/or district. Twenty teachers will receive prizes, with the top 10 first-prize winners receiving [...]